This Is Where It Ends

10:00 am: The principal of Opportunity High School finishes her speech, welcoming the entire student body to a new semester and encouraging them to excel and achieve.

10:02 am: The students get up to leave the auditorium for their next class. 10:03 am: The auditorium doors won't open.

10:05 am: Someone starts shooting.

Told from four different perspectives over the span of fifty-four harrowing minutes, terror reigns as one student's calculated revenge turns into the ultimate game of survival.

• Author: Marieke Nijkamp is a storyteller, dreamer, globe-trotter, geek. She holds degrees in philosophy, history, and medieval studies, and is a founding member of We Need Diverse Books, DiversifYA, and YA Misfits. She lives in the Netherlands.

• Gun violence and school shootings remain relevant topics in the wake of student activists rallying for change after the Parkland shooting

• Hardcover edition of This Is Where It Ends spent 72 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list

• A best-selling book from Sourcebooks! 

• Interest Level: Grades 8 to 12

• Paperback, 336 pages, 8.3" x 5.5"